Floating Staircase
by Ronald Malfi
2021-01-11 10:49:11
âDeserves to stand alongside a Stephen King or a Dean Koontzâat their best . . . A mature horror yarnâ from the award-winning author of Bone White (New York Journal of Books). Horror writer Travis Glasgow and his wife, Jodie, have boug...
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âDeserves to stand alongside a Stephen King or a Dean Koontzâat their best . . . A mature horror yarnâ from the award-winning author of Bone White (New York Journal of Books). Horror writer Travis Glasgow and his wife, Jodie, have bought their first house in Westlake, Maryland, just steps from Travisâs older brotherâs home. Travis is buoyed by the thought of renewing his relationship with his estranged sibling and overcoming the darkness from his past. But the house has other plans for him. Travis is soon awakened by noises in the night and finds watery footprints in the basement that lead him to the nearby lake, which has a strange staircase emerging from its depths. When Travis discovers that a former occupant of his houseâa ten-year-old boyâdrowned in the lake, he draws connections to his own childhood tragedy. As his brother and wife warn him to leave well enough alone, Travis is pulled into a dark obsession, following the houseâs secrets to the floating staircaseâand into the depths of madness . . . âIt would not be an overstatement to say that Floating Staircase is a modern classic ranking among some of the best supernatural affairs ever committed to print. . . . The story and setting sizzle to life through Malfiâs unparalleled literary talent.â âDreadful Tales âMalfi gives a few deft twists to the traditional haunted house theme with eerie, unpredictable, and exciting results.â âPublishers Weekly âProfoundly moving, terrifying and life-affirming, this is a glorious example of what the genre of horror fiction can accomplish in the right hands.â âHorror Novel Reviews
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